Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Matt Lucas* The Peepin' Tom Matt Gets Blue
Aarons And Ackley* Willie Boy ST
Oscar* McLollie So Pleasing Loving You So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Ellen McIlwaine Keep On Everybody Needs It
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Livin' the Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Maple Sugar Two Step Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl
Dils* Not Worth It (Ca ne veux pas le pleine) Made In Canada
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Boots Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Buddy Knox C'mon Baby ST (mono)
Sidewinders Flat Foot Hustlin' Flatfoot Hustlin'
Jonathan Edwards Evangelina Sailboat
Sidewinders I Like to Dance Flatfoot Hustlin'
Buddy Knox I Ain't Sharin' Sharon ST (mono)
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Black Brows Dark Brown Eyes Ukrainian Pops
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Ill Wind And I Love Her
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* The Boat is Rocking Ukrainian Pops
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Munition Maker War War War
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* O Moon Do Not Shine Ukrainian Pops
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm a Song (Reprise) I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Honky Tonk Angel
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Joe* Glazer It Could be a Wonderful World A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Pinebo (My Story) Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune We the People
Priscilla* Rollins Sad Movies Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Matt Lucas* Vibrator Blues Matt Gets Blue
Jack Holland The Eyes of a Dreamer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ursa Major* Sinner ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* You Belong to Me You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Zambonis* Boom Boom Boom To Bleed Black and Gold
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra I See Your Face Before Me And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine Lover's Lane Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Exponians My Peaceful World Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Cal* Bostic The Darkest Hour (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) We the People
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Albert Jones* Mother Nature The Facts of Life
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Hanging Apple Висить Ябко Ukrainian Pops
Ursa Major* Liberty and Justice ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Your Seduced Me Ти Ж Мене Підманула Ukrainian Pops
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Jack Holland Waco The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ellen McIlwaine Love and Devotion Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ursa Major* Back to the Land ST
Jack Holland Sylvia The Eyes of a Dreamer
Buddy Knox Mary Lou ST
Aarons And Ackley* Five O'Clock You And I
Joe* Glazer A Douglas for Me A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Aarons And Ackley* You And I You And I
Matt Lucas* The Last Song Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine Pinebo (My Story) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Yukon* Nova Scotia Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* You're My Honey I'm a Song
Loni Gamble Could it be Love ST
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) You're Getting Better Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Sidewinders Gift to the Sun Flatfoot Hustlin'
Hopeton* Lewis Story Book Children Think Positive // Story Book Children
Ellen McIlwaine Say a Single Word Everybody Needs It
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Givin' Up the Man I Love Amist the Black Eyes
Aarons And Ackley* Girl I've Been Waiting You And I
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Handzya Ukrainian Pops
Buddy Knox Somebody Touched Me ST (mono)
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Presque Isle Eighth Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Shake a Hand Amist the Black Eyes
Happy Dolls Bombie Show Album No. 1
Ernie* Smith Money Can't Buy Life Skareggae
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Bukovynian Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
David Amram Alfred the Hog Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Tony McManus Chalaneru The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Ellen McIlwaine Money Can't Save You Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine We Got Each Other Ellen McIlwaine
Matt Lucas* Drunkard's Dream Matt Gets Blue
Happy Dolls Drum Solo Show Album No. 1
Oscar* McLollie Girl of Mine ST
Dick Marx Orchestra and Choir* Here Come the Hawks Here Come the Hawks b/w Here Come the Hawks (instrumental) (picture sleeve)
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Hopak Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ellen McIlwaine Cure My Blues Everybody Needs It
Jonathan Edwards Carolina Caroline Sailboat
Joe* Glazer We Shall Not Be Moved A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Steal Him Away Ellen McIlwaine
Dils* Sound of the Rain (Le sond de la pluit) Made In Canada
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Verkhovyna Our Liitle World Ukrainian Pops
Buddy Knox Don't Make Me Cry ST
Nelson* Riddle Garibaldi Mountain British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Needs It Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine I Want Whacha Got (Boston Song) Everybody Needs It
Matt Lucas* Tomcat Blues Matt Gets Blue
Tony McManus Donal Og - The Lea Rig The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) (There's a Lot of Different Kind of) People in the World Love Serenade
Oscar* McLollie Chilliwack Valley B.C. (Oscar McLollie) ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Halya Несе Галя Воду Ukrainian Pops
Cal* Bostic Somewhere My Love Introducing...
Matt Lucas* The Old Man The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On
Loni Gamble Dance to it ST
Aarons And Ackley* Take Me Home ST
Buddy Knox Maybelline ST

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

San Diego, California, USA - Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario

Matt Gets Blue

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (1)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (1)

War War War

Amist the Black Eyes

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 02

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